Open-Circuit is pleased to welcome back Casper-electronics (Peter Edwards -Netherlands / USA) to host The OMSynth Minilab workshop at the Islington Mill, Salford UK as well as a rare UK performance on his customised sound & light synth for Gesamtkunstwerk 12
In this workshop he will cover the basics of designing and building your own custom electronic noise machine. By the end each participant will have a personalized instrument to take home that they have designed as well as the skills and hardware necessary to continue exploring.
Part electronics learning lab, part musical instrument, the MiniLab gives you everything you need to build, hack and play with a wide range of experimental sound circuits.
Places are £90 and we are asking for a £40 deposit to secure a space.. (limited to 10 places.) - please use the paypal button to the right of our tumblr page.
Experience: Allskill levels are welcome in this workshop from the absolute beginner to theexperienced engineer.
Materials: Allmaterials will be provided but participants are encouraged to bring tools andsupplies of their own if they like.
Age: 18+. Younger participants may be accepted on special request
Schedule: This workshop has 3 parts.
Each participant will receive an assembled OMSynth minilab synthesizer prototyping kit. This kit has been designed to allow inventors to quickly and easily build and play with simple sound making circuits. This is achieved by providing all of the general building blocks they will need such as a power supply and audio amplifier. The inventor can then put their focus into exploring sound making circuitry rather than struggling with all of the important but ultimately unexciting support circuits.
Build a simple light controlled noise generator. This stage is in introduction to how the OMSynth MiniLab works and how just a few components can be used to start making sound. In this stage we will cover the basics of electricity and oscillator operation.
Design your own sound circuit using logic chips and op amps. We will go over a variety of simple circuits that can be combined and tweaked to design a custom instrument we will also discuss electrical theory as well as electrical component behavior in more depth.
Peter Edwards (Casperelectronics) is an Artist, Synthesizer Engineer & Product Developer based in Burlington, Vermont, US.
Following a degree in sculpture, he obtained an MA in experimental electronic music and the design of physical interfaces at the Institute of Sonology in The Hague and at STEIM in Amsterdam.
He designs and produces electronic instruments and collaborates with Bastl Instruments to create awesome synths. He also helps design audio plugins for software pioneers Soundtoys and serves as the resident electronics whisperer for their vast collection of classic synths and studio sound gear.